surf
the flu
i'd really like to be over the flu anytime now, thanks. i drug myself
in to work at Saltmine U yesterday and today, and spent both days
longing to throw myself on the cozy floor of my office and sleep. i was
going to go camping this weekend, but given the weather forecast and
this feeling of having been beaten about the head and shoulders with a
bat, it's probably best i not go. though i am disappointed in missing
out on male bonding time.™
worst of all, there are no new books in my house. i've read every one.
this is a hell peculiar to English majors, to be ill, but with nothing
new to read. ugh. it's probably punishment for every library fine i've
ever accrued.
call for entries
Communication Arts has put out the call for entries in their annual photography and illustration competition. you know, the one that's the most prestigious illustration competition in the world. yeah, that. i'm thinking about entering, and looking back over my body of work from the last 12 months.
...that was a good laugh.
the deadline's march 13. i've got roughly a month to come up with something suitable.
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on that same topic, in order to not suck nearly as much as i do now, i'm going to be spending my alternative days off going down to Studio 2nd Street and working on my drawing skills. the places i'm currently spending my energy are all good places, but there're just too many of them (improving my painting skills, improving my drawing skills, karate 3x a week, meditation class once every 2 weeks, studying for the CCNA, improving my photography skills, paid freelance work, and working on building my portfolio... and then of course, my real job). i've got to cut something out besides sleep, but i don't know what, exactly. the problem with self-improvement on so many different fronts is that it's extremely slow progress on each front you attempt.
dana point
went out this afternoon to dana point, to try to catch the sunset.
these aren't great shots, but at least i learned something about white
balance.